The head of the British government, quoted in the Downing Street announcement, said that London and Warsaw are already close allies, but “the challenges Europe is currently facing require an even stronger partnership.”
According to the British Prime Minister's office, Wednesday's agreement, which is to be signed by Prime Ministers Donald Tusk and Keir Starmer in Northolt in west London, assumes, among others: joint production of a new generation medium-range air defense missile, “large-scale” exercises of Polish and British troops, strengthening of air and anti-missile defense systems and “design and development of new air defense effectors, i.e. advanced ammunition.”
Downing Street adds that the treaty will “underline the historic ties” between London and Warsaw, but also the Labor government's desire to achieve greater rapprochement with the European Union after Brexit.
